8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 8, 2021

HOOKER FURNITURE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Annual Executive Officer Compensation

On April 8, 2021, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) of Hooker Furniture Corporation (the “Company”) approved annual base salaries, annual cash incentives and long-term incentives for the Company’s executive officers.

Annual Base Salary

The base salary for each executive officer for the 2021 calendar year will be:

Annual Cash Incentives

The annual cash incentive for each executive officer for the Company’s 2022 fiscal year, which ends January 30, 2022, will be paid if the Company attains 80% or more of its budgeted fiscal 2022 consolidated net income target, as approved by the Board of Directors. Each executive officer is eligible to receive a percentage of his or her calendar 2021 base salary under the annual incentive program. The annual cash incentive is based on each executive officer’s Base Salary as detailed above. No cash bonus is payable if the Company fails to reach at least 80% of the budgeted consolidated net income target and a maximum cash bonus is payable if the Company reaches 125% or more of target consolidated net income. The annual cash incentive potential for each of the executive officers is as follows:

Each additional percentage of net income realized between the percentages shown above is interpolated, such that each additional percentage of net income realized between the threshold amounts shown above results in a larger bonus payout, as shown in the table below:

Long-Term Incentive Awards

Time-Based Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”). Each time-based RSU entitles the executive officer to receive one share of the Company’s common stock if he or she remains continuously employed with the Company through the end of a three-year service period that ends April 8, 2024. At the discretion of the Committee, the RSUs may be paid in shares of the Company’s common stock, cash (based on the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date payment is made), or both. In addition to the service-based vesting requirement, 100% of an executive officer’s RSUs will vest upon a change of control of the Company and a prorated number of the RSUs will vest upon the death, disability or retirement of the executive officer. The RSUs do not convey any dividend or dividend equivalent rights to the executive officer.

The number of RSUs awarded to each executive officer is set forth in the table below.

Performance-based Restricted Stock Units (“PSUs”) Each performance-based RSU entitles the executive officer to receive one share of the Company’s common stock-based on the achievement of two specified performance conditions (described below) if the executive officer remains continuously employed by the Company through the end of the three-year performance period. The PSUs shall vest subject to the Company’s attainment of pre-established financial goals related to the sum of two amounts, (1) the Company’s absolute EPS Growth and (2) relative EPS growth, over a three-year performance period that began February 1, 2021 and ends January 28, 2024, as approved by the Committee. The payout or settlement of the PSUs shall be made in shares of the Company’s common stock . The PSUs do not convey any dividend or dividend equivalent rights to the executive officer.

The settlement or payment for each executive officer under his PSU will be the sum of the following share amounts:

In addition, upon the executive officer’s termination of employment due to death, disability or retirement (as defined in the Plan), PSUs will vest and be settled on a pro rata basis at the end of the performance period based on the Company’s actual performance against the EPS goals as approved by the Committee. In the event of a change in control of the Company, the PSUs shall also vest and be settled in full immediately following the change in control assuming target performance levels achieved by the Company.

Executive Retention Awards

Also, on April 8, 2021, the Board approved time-based RSUs as retention awards. **** Each of these time based RSU entitles the executive officer to receive one share of the Company’s common stock if he or she remains continuously employed with the Company through the end of a three-year service period that ends on April 8, 2024. In addition to the service-based vesting requirement, 100% of an executive officer’s RSUs will vest upon a change in control of the Company and a prorated number of RSUs will vest upon the death, disability, or retirement of the executive officer. The COVID-19 crisis adversely affected the Company’s fiscal 2021 performance and annual incentive targets were not met for three out of our four executive officers serving at the end of the fiscal year end. Due to the crisis, executive officers’ base salaries were temporarily reduced. The negative effects of this extraordinary crisis were pervasive and negatively affected the home furnishings industry, national and global economies and were outside of the control of these officers. Consistent with its policy of not changing annual incentive targets after Board approval and given our strong desire to promote retention of key executives during difficult industry dynamics, on April 8, 2021 the Company awarded long-term retention awards in the form of RSUs to be delivered exclusively in the form of shares of the Company’s stock to the three executives who did not receive an annual cash incentive for the last fiscal year. The Compensation Committee believes that the issuance of these shares is necessary for executive retention and is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.

The number of RSUs awarded to each executive officer is set forth in the table below.

Board Service Compensation

Also, on April 8, 2021, the Board determined, upon recommendation from the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, it was in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to formalize its policy of granting restricted shares to directors transitioning from employee to non-employee status during a service year and to directors initially appointed to the Board during a service year. Consequently, the Board granted restricted stock to Paul B. Toms, Jr., Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, and Maria C. Duey, director, consistent with the current compensation of other non-employee directors. The restricted stock grants were prorated for the current service year that ends at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders in June 2021, such that the actual numbers of shares granted to Mr. Toms and Ms. Duey were 1,379 and 755, respectively, for the remainder of the current service year. The number of shares granted to each of Mr. Toms and Ms. Duey were calculated by dividing prorated Board service fees paid to each by the closing share price of the Company’s shares on February 1, 2021 in the case of Mr. Toms (his first day of service as a non-employee director) and on March 5, 2021 in the case of Ms. Duey, her first day of service as a non-employee director.

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: April 12, 2021